The following devotional and Bible Study assignment was taken from our Online Christian Mom Bible Study Group. You can sign up to become a member of the CSAHM Club and gain access to our complete 30 Day Bible Study on Contentment. Click here for more information on the Online Bible Study Group for Moms!
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“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire.” Ecclesiastes 6:9 (NKJV)
Often we find ourselves daydreaming or wondering about the things we desire rather than focusing on what is happening right in front of our eyes.
While we sit and wish for bigger and better things our marriage could very well be falling apart, or our children could be slipping right through our fingers into a world of sin.
Focusing on the moment helps us to accomplish God’s will in our lives by having a strong marriage, raising godly children, and keeping a happy home. We will not accomplish these goals as long as we are focused more on the desires of our heart rather than what we already have been given.
Our focus needs to be first on God, then our husbands, and finally our children.
“Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday.” Psalm 37:4-6 (NKJV)
Assignment:
List 5 things you feel God would like for you to focus on more. List your desires and hand them over to God, and ask for prayer.
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i am a 22 yr old christian stay at home mom w/ 2 children… i know this itsgods will for me as he has spoken it to my heart. and recently gave me revelation on how i havent been truly embracing it.. im so willing to please god and do his will.. i love my children. Butr there are somedays i just think i cant take one more second of it.. Could it be the small apt that i sit in everyday because my husband needs the car, the endless demands and giving of my self.. being 22 and (feeling) like my life is meaningless and unfullfiling.. well to the world yes, but i know its me.. not circumstance.. it me that needs god to help me evryday to see through his eyes… please pray .. leah ingraham
Leah,
Although I was about ten years older than you when my children were small, I’ve been where you’re at–a call from God to stay home as primary caregiver, but a wrestlessness that there must be more to life. What you feeling is common. You aren’t “bad” for feeling this way. I will pray for you and in the meantime encourage you to become part of a mother’s group or local Bible study (hopefully with childcare) where you can get out once a week, and maybe get out with a friend regularly even with your kids. Then each day set 1 goal – no matter how small. With 2 small children one day my only goal was to successfully get to the store to buy a stamp and mail a letter. I did it and I had a small sense of accomplishment.
It is a period of giving for sure. It will ease up, I promise, as the children get older.